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Category: Articles
Timbo, of Whitby
DURING the severe storms last December six Life-boat men lost their lives while on service. Five of them were members of the crew of the Life-boat at Rhoscolyn, in Anglesey, and the sixth belonged to the Boat at Johnshaven, in...
Express
ARKLOW. — On the morning of the 28th March, the schooner Express, of and for Wexford, from Dublin, while beating down against a strong S.W. wind between the Arklow Bank and the mainland, the weather at the time being thick, with rain, stood...
Life-Boatmen In London (1)
THE gales of the, past winter brought to London the largest number of life- boatmen who have attended the Annual Meeting to receive their medals since this custom was started in 1913.
Fifteen were invited : Coxswain Patrick...
Category: Articles
La Morlaye
Rescue in the surf SILVER MEDAL A CALL CAME THROUGH to Tyne Tees Coastguard at 0101 on the morning of Saturday April 15, 1986, that a disabled fishing vessel, the 60ft La Morlaye, with three men on board, was in danger of going aground just...
Golf Competitions
DURING 1936 sixty-four golf clubs in Great Britain and Ireland held competitions in aid of the life-boat service for which the Institution presented spoons as prizes. As a result the clubs contributed £196 11s....
Category: Articles
A Boat (1)
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. — 23rd July, 1939. News had been received that an up-turned boat could be seen on Stert Flats, apparently drifting out to sea, with two people clinging to her.
The boat, however, grounded on a...
National Giro
The R .N.L.I, has opened an account to make use of the National Giro service. The account number is 545 4050. Those who have personal Giro accounts may, if they wish, transfer money from those accounts to the Institution at no extra cost to...
Category: Articles
At This Year's International Boat Show In London One of the R.N.L.I.'s New Mclachlan Rescue Craft
At this yeefr's International Boat Show in London one of the R.N.L.I.'s new McLachlan rescue craft with a G.R.P. hull was shown for the first time. Late last year it was announced that for the first time ever the R. N.L.I, had placed... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Eventide (1)
Newbiggin, Blyth, Amble and Tynemouth, Northumberland - On 5th August, 1966, life-boats from these stations carried out a search for the missing fishing coble Eventide whose crew of three - a father and two sons - were all at some time...